Imagine a Rip van Winkle type who lives in the mountains. Just before going to sleep, he yells, “WAKE UP,” and the sound echoes off the nearest mountain and returns 8 hours later. Show that the distance between Rip and the imaginary mountain is nearly 5000 km (about the distance from New York to San Francisco).

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Solution 6P We know the that velocity of sound is v = 330 m/s. Distance covered in 8 hours is given by s = v × t s =...